It was the day of the choosing ceremony, today I would say goodbye to my little sister Susan. I had already decided on Dauntless although my aptitude test reviled Abnegation, Dauntless and Amity…. Divergent I was told. Susan had a hard time being selfless and being "selfish" was not tolerated in Abnegation. So I helped her and slowly she was getting better. Last night she said and I quote "quit being a moron! I can handle myself!" But I was still worried…. Would she be ok on her own? Surely father would notice and she would be scolded.
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I tuned out as the other names were called to choose their faction. I was thinking, Do I really want to be Dauntless? Just as I was making a list of pros and cons my name was called. I made my way up and was passed the knife. "Choose wisely" I remember my father saying the night before. So I cut my palm and let my blood drip over the coals. The other Dauntless pumped their fists in the air.
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I heard the train whistle and someone yelled "JUMP" so I jumped and made it onto the train but slipped a little. A hand grabbed my wrist and pulled me in "Hi I'm Elise." A short redhead girl said "I'm Matt" I told her. "I heard a Candor didn't make it on the train." I barely could hear her over the sound of the train "I'm surprised I made it" I replied.
We approached a rooftop and amazingly people started to jump onto it! "Oh my god" Elise said. I made the landing but scraped my hands pretty bad, Then a man that I didn't notice starts talking "Hello! I am Max! One of the leaders of Dauntless! You will be required to jump from this rooftop to begin initiation! Who wants to go first?" this surprised me because we had no idea what was below, we could be committing suicide! Then out of the middle of the crowd a female voice said "I will!" I turned around to find….. Elise. "Ok then! We have our first jumper!" Max exclaimed happily. Just then I realized something, she was wearing Amity red.